The Passing of Senior Judge Robinson O. Everett
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
The Honorable Robinson O. Everett, Senior Judge and former Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces died at home on June 12, according to information from William K. Suter, Clerk, US Supreme Court. He had been in and out of the hospital recently. The funeral was on Tuesday, June 16, at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC.
Chief Judge Andrew Effron of the Court held an informal Memorial Gathering at the Court on Monday, June 15, and a formal Memorial Tribute will be held in the near future. His office provided obituary, funeral arrangements, and memorial tributes from the Raleigh News and Observer and Duke University School of Law.
Judge Everett was a long time supporter of the General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division (GP) and its Military Law Committee. He conducted the first GP hosted swearing in session for the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces at an ABA Annual Meeting some 16 years ago for local judge advocates and civilian attorneys unable to travel to his Court in Washington D.C. These sessions have continued ever since for each ABA Annual and Midyear Meeting. He has sat for each of these sessions to include those where the present and past five ABA presidents have also been sworn in.
Last year at the ABA Annual Meeting in New York, Keith McLennan, then Chair of our Division, presented Judge Everett with the Division's "Grateful Appreciation" plaque in recognition of his lifetime of service to the law, this country and especially the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States Military, in addition to his support of our Division.
He is certainly the most distinguished military law jurist of our time.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family.
BG Tom Hemmingway
Chair
Military Law Committee
ABA General Practice, Solo, & Small Firm Division
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